What would be an opera without solo singers? Well, it would just be a massive symphony, though also this statement could be discussed at length. There are special conventions on how to prepare singers’ staves, and they are like nothing I had ever encountered before. This is because there is an extra component that a symphony doesn’t have: the stage!
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How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 3
Episode 3 – First Steps (cont’d) Instruments set-up (Part 2) Percussion In an ideal world, you will know beforehand how many instruments and players your opera will need, but let’s be realistic: when will that happen? Let’s once more play safe by respecting one single rule: the timpanist is not a percussionist! That is, giveContinue reading “How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 3”
Learning Swift — Day 104
Hacking with Swift — Learning Project 30 This project will be about learning how to use Instruments for the first time and to debug performance issues. Let’s dive in. Setting up Today we are going to learn about profiling. Profiling is the term used when we monitor performance, memory usage and other information of anContinue reading “Learning Swift — Day 104”
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